Organizational Behavior
The 10 Most Popular Articles in 2021 (So Far)
Top MIT SMR article topics include work and strategy redesign, and developing leadership skills for the hybrid future.
Virtual Teams
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Remote Work
Figuring Out Social Capital Is Critical for the Future of Hybrid Work
Leaders can help employees build the social connections that weakened during the pandemic by addressing three key areas.
Collaboration
Optimizing Return-to-Office Strategies With Organizational Network Analysis
Mapping employees’ working relationships can help guide leaders’ decisions about post-pandemic work models.
Organizational Behavior
The Best of This Week
“Absorbing by observation” while working remotely, prospering in turbulent times with dynamic rules, and centering ESG in quarterly earnings calls.
Skills & Learning
What Happens if ‘Absorbing by Observation’ Disappears?
New hires are at risk of losing the subtly communicated knowledge shared through in-person work.
Collaboration
Our Guide to the Winter 2021 Issue
MIT SMR’s winter issue looks at why teams work (or don’t), plus innovation, supply chains, and data for AI.
Remote Work
Virtual Collaboration Won’t Be the Death of Creativity
Collaborating remotely can improve creativity in ways that many teams didn’t realize pre-pandemic.
Remote Work
Four Principles to Ensure Hybrid Work Is Productive Work
Organizations have become flexible about where and when employees work. But there are trade-offs.
Organizational Behavior
The Pandemic’s Lessons for Managing Uncertainty
Four team management practices have been key to navigating the initial pivot to virtual workplaces.
Leading Change
The Best of This Week
Introducing our summer issue, and collaborating productively on remote teams.
Talent Management
How to Increase Collaborative Productivity in a Pandemic
Managing home-office working will require a combination of technology deployment and job redesign.
Collaboration
How to Create Belonging for Remote Workers
Creating belonging for remote workers doesn’t have to feel like a daunting task.
Collaboration
Five Ways to Improve Communication in Virtual Teams
New research reveals five communication strategies that boost performance in virtual teams.
Collaboration
Four Habits of Highly Effective Virtual Teams
Four management practices can help organizations succeed at their remote policies.
Collaboration
The Need for Culture Neutrality
As firms work with increasingly diverse arrays of people, they need to adopt leadership standards that cross geographies.
Security & Privacy
A Call to Arms Against the Hacker Hordes
What’s happening this week at the intersection of management and technology.
Better Management Through A/B Testing
What’s happening this week at the intersection of management and technology: A/B testing as a management tool; telepresence robotics for a more inclusive workforce; three rules for leading successful virtual meetings.
Managing Your Career
Why Showing Your Face at Work Matters
Employers can take steps to ensure that remote workers are not evaluated unfairly.
Collaboration
How to Manage Virtual Teams
With appropriate processes, virtual teams can even outperform their colocated counterparts.